On the morning of August the 6th 1945, an American bomber plane dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, and then on August the 9th,President Truman announced “sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy” and then on August the 9th three days later another American bomber plane dropped the second bomb on the industrial section of the city of Nagasaki, these two bombed completely destroyed most of the cities. There were lots of consequences of the bomb being dropped the biggest one being the number of casualties caused from the bomb, also how it completely destroyed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and lastly how it ended the war quickly and saved American lives. Whether the consequences were good or bad they had a massive impact on Japan.

One of the consequences of the dropping of the bomb was that the number of casualties was extremely high. This is one of the major consequences because many people at Hiroshima and Nagasaki died not only directly from the actual bomb, but also from the radiation released as a result of the explosion. The heat of the bomb was so intense that some people simply vanished in the explosion. The bomb destroyed mostly all the buildings so a lot of people were killed by falling debris.” I saw a bright blast, and I saw yellow and silver and orange and all sorts of colours that I can't explain.” as Mikiso Iwasa said. The radiation from the atomic bomb affected those within two to three kilometres of where the bomb hit and especially those within 900 meters, who received life-threatening amounts of radiation. Many of them died within a few days from symptoms such as a fever and nausea. The radiation was also a long term effect as it can cause the development of cancer later on in life and also babies were born for several generations with deformities due to the affects. The total casualties from the day of the explosion were...

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...﻿John Evans
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AtomicBomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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A huge proponent to the use of the atomicbomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9 of 1945 was President Harry Truman. Although they value the ideas and contributions out in by the committee they choose, the president ultimately has the last say on war time decisions. It just so happens that President Truman wanted to drop the bomb. President Truman believed that Japan's leaders would not surrender to the terms outlined in Potsdam meeting. He saw it fit to drop the bombs and end all doubt.
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significance of the atomicbombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how
they led to the success of the Allied forces. It will also discuss how the
United States developed the atomicbomb, the decision to drop the bomb, the
weakening of Japan, the actual bombing an destruction of both cities, the
surrender of Japan and the impact the atomicbomb would have in the future.
During World War II, the United States was afraid that Germany
would develop the atomicbomb first. Germany had taken over Norway, which
was a heavy water supply and Czechoslovakia, which was a uranium supply.
Both of these, water and uranium, were needed to make the atomicbomb.
Therefore, the United States initiated a top secret program called the
Manhattan Project. Even the Vice President didn't know about this project.
The Manhattan Project cost over 2 billion dollars. Yet, Congress never
voted to fund this program (Hoare, 1987, 10-14). Roosevelt authorized
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